Tractor guide



Dec. 19, 192.2. 1,439,558.

- 1. M. KROEKER.

TRACTORk GUIDE.

:FILED FEB. 8, 1922.

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Afipncation fue@ February s, 1922. serial no. 534,926.

To all whom t may conce/ra.'

Be it known that JAconli/l. Knonnsn, a citizen of the United States 'of America, residing at YWeatherford, in the county of Custer and State of Oklahoma, has invented new and useful improvements in Tractor Guides, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide simple and eilicient means :tor use in connection with Fordson and other tractors for holding the machine in proper relation to the land side oi the i'urrow in plowing and counteracting the tendency of the machine to diverge from the line of said land side, without relying upon the effort-s of the operator of the machine exerted through the steering gear, and hence to avoid the'wear and tear upon the steering gear and the effort to which the operator is subjected in maintaining a proper course or path ot movement of the tractor; and with this object in view the invention consists in a construction and combination of parts of which a preferred embodiment is shwn=in the accompanying drawings, wherein -y Figure 1 is a side view of a tractor pro vided with a steering or compensating attachment constructed in accordance with the invention. y

Figure 2 is a plan view of the same. Figure 3 is a detail view of the guiding attachment disconnected from the tractor.

Figure 4L is a detail end view of the bracket by which connection is made with the journal pinol? the steering arm.

Figure 5 is a detail view of the bracket arm and its related parts shown in operative relation with journal pin oi the steering arm.

The device consists essentially of a bracket arm 10 secured in a. Xed relation by any suitable means such as the journal pin 11 oi' the steering arm 12 of the tractor at the side adjacent to the land side or toward which it s desired to produce a resistance, and aspring 13 anchored as at 14 to a fixed part of the tractor in advance ot the steering knuckle, such as the forward end oi the hood, a ilexible connection such as a chain 15 between the spring and the inner end of said steering arm, and means such as a tension bolt 16 connecting the chain with the steering arm and adapted to serve as a takeup 'for applying effective tension to the spring to resist the tendency of the steering wheels of the tractor to be diverted from a course in parallelism with the land Side of the furrow.

In the construction illustrated the spring 13 may be provided at its front end with a hook 17 for engagement with a clevis 18 attached by means oi' a bolt 19 or its equivalent to a fixed part ot the tractor such as the front end or the hood, a radiator bolt being suit-` able 'for this purpose as shown. The rear end of the flexible connection consisting in the present instance ofthe chain 15 is engaged with an eye 20 onthe tension bolt 16, said bolt extending through an eye 21 in the front end of the bracket. arm 10 and being engaged by a nut 22, so that by the adjustment of the nut any desired tension may be applied to the spring to exactly counterbalance or compensate for the tendency of the wheel of the tractor to leave the land side of the furrow, and hold said. wheel in guidinO- contact with the land side, so that without effort on the part of the operator exerted through the steering gear of the ma` chine or otherwise, the tractor will be guided by the land side of the furrow previously made, and hence will produce turrows in parallel relation without the'inconveniences and departures thereroni which are common in thepre'sent practice.

1n the construction illustrated the bracket arm 10 is provided with an eye 10a which receives the journal pin 11 which in tractors of' the Fordson type constitutes the outwardly turned extremity of the steering arm 12 depending at the lett side of the tractor and connected by a rod 9,3 with the arm 9A of' the lett hand steering knuckle 25.

Having descril'ied'the invention, what is claimed as new and useful is 1. A steering attachment for plowing` tractors to hold the front furrow wheel in guiding contact with the land side of the furrow', the same consisting of a bracket arm attachable to the steering arm and a yielding tensioned connection between said bracket arm and a iiXed part of the tractor frame, said bracket arm having an eye for engaging the steering arm journal pin.

2. A steering attachment i'or plowing tractors to hold the ifront furrow wheel in guiding Contact with the land side of the furrow, the same consisting of a bracket arm attachable to the steering arm and a yielding tensioned connection between said bracket arm and. a fixed part of the tractor trame,

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Suid connection including a Spring and a tensioning bolt.

3. A steering attachment for plowing tractors to hold the front furrow wheel in guding Contact with the land side ofthe furrow, the same consisting of a bracket arm attachable to the steering arm and a yielding tensioned connection between said bracket arm and a fixed part o. the tracto!- 'rame, the connection having bolt acljustably mounted upon Suid brzmket arm.

In testimony whereof he alixes his signuture.

yJACOB M. KRGEKER.

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